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Regardless of legality, or acknowledging what you do to dog offending dog owner, the shooting of dog is an ongoing effort that creates additional strife and is a reaction to you already loosing stock. Investing more in better fencing and pens is closer to a terminal effort where you largely get...

Nwed to emphasize how hot. I also like to emphasize keeping reward of chicken at least several feet away from probing predator.

Dear Howard, Now you are coming across as a fence salesman. I advocate the use of electric fences as well as you must surely know, but they are not impregnable. I also have experience with German Pointers around hot-wire. They do not like getting shocked to be sure and when caught off guard...

The rocks might do the trick.

I understood you well. Firearm used must be suitable to kill in a single shot from a range suitable for the shooter. BB guns and shot guns from a hundred yards out will not meet those requirements. If you fail to kill with dog retreating to area you do not control, then that leaves you liable.

Do you have it anchored to the ground? I have had large dogs stand on hind legs pounce with front. The dog works to get pen off base or to collapse.

The intent need to be to kill. Wounding purposely is what gets you into trouble.

I think the rule is to prevent costly litigation stemming from vet bills for an injured dog. Generally, dead dogs do not require veterinary services that will be recognized in court. Well being of dog does not appear to be a major concern of law makers.

It would fall under animal abuse in most states. BB guns can vary greatly in terms of power and where pellet / BB impacts can interact with damage produced.

Can be effective but generally not legal.

Those would not stop dogs I have dealt with. The dogs would run into them to push them and / or make them collapse. Not much in the way of hotwire would make them much harder to break into.

There is a quality of life issue for the poultry keeper. Over reacting can get you into trouble as well, or at the very least alienated from the community you live in.

I have been through such before. My responses and reaction similar to those of the OP. Me or my dogs have killed dogs of neighbors which in itself can be problematic. I consider my chickens high value since some family heirlooms so invested more in the fight. Now using electric fencing with...